Legislation

The most significant acts and decrees governing the prosecutors:

• Act on Public Prosecutors 11.3.1997/199
• Act on District Prosecutors 22.3.1996/195
• Government Decree on the Office of the Prosecutor General 1.2.2007/88
• Government Decree on the Catchment Areas and Head Offices of the Prosecution Offices 1.2.2007/89
• Ministry of Justice Decree on Service Bureaus of the Prosecution Offices 23.6.2009/467
• Decree on the Office of the Prosecutor General 11.3.1997/209
• Government Decree on the Amendment to the Decree on the Office of the Prosecutor General 1.2.2007/90, Statutes of Finland 88–97, published 7 February, 2007
• Penal Code 19.12.1889/39
• Criminal Investigations Act 30.4.1987/449
• Coercive Measures Act 30.4.1987/450
• Criminal Procedure Act 11.7.1997/689
• Act on Conciliation in Criminal and Certain Civil Cases 9.12.2005/1015
• Act on Penal Order Proceedings 26.7.1993/692
• Remand Imprisonment Act (valid from 1 October, 2006) 23.9.2005/768
• Detention Act (valid from 1 October, 2006) 23.9.2005/67

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Updated on 7 July 2009